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Insulin and glucose responses during bed rest with isotonic and isometric exerciseThe effects of daily intensive isotonic (68% maximum oxygen uptake) and isometric (21% maximum extension force) leg exercise on plasma insulin and glucose responses to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) during 14-day bed-rest (BR) periods were investigated in seven young healthy men. The OGTT was given during ambulatory control and on day 10 of the no-exercise, isotonic, and isometric exercise BR periods during the 15-wk study. The subjects were placed on a controlled diet starting 10 days before each BR period. During BR, basal plasma glucose concentration remained unchanged with no exercise, but increased (P less 0.05) to 87-89 mg/100 ml with both exercise regimens on day 2, and then fell slightly below control levels on day 13. The fall in glucose content during BR was independent of the exercise regimen and was an adjustment for the loss of plasma volume. The intensity of the responses of insulin and glucose to the OGTT was inversely proportional to the total daily energy expenditure during BR. It was estimated that at least 1020 kcal/day must be provided by supplemental exercise to restore the hyperinsulinemia to control levels.
Document ID
19780034665
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dolkas, C. B.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Greenleaf, J. E.
(NASA Ames Research Center Biomedical Research Div., Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Physiology: Respiratory
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
78A18574
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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